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Reports accesses to static fields where the call is
qualified by a subclass of the declaring class, rather than by the declaring class itself.
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  Java allows such qualification, but such accesses may indicate a subtle confusion of inheritance and overriding.
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<p><b>Example:</b></p>
<pre><code>
  class Parent {
    static int foo = 0;
  }

  class Child extends Parent { }

  void bar() {
    System.out.println(Child.foo);
  }
</code></pre>
<p>After the quick-fix is applied, the result looks like this:</p>
<pre><code>
  class Parent {
    static int foo = 0;
  }

  class Child extends Parent { }

  void bar() {
    System.out.println(Parent.foo);
  }
</code></pre>
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